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Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-611

Dispositional alternatives for children in need of special care

Known as the Youth Court Law

The act spans §§ 43-21-1–43-21-915 (102 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Attorney General v. Interest of BCM (1999)

Most recently applied in Attorney General v. Interest of BCM (July 1999)

Laws, 1979, ch. 506, § 73; Laws, 1980, ch. 550, § 26; Laws, 1985, ch. 486, § 3; Laws, 1992, ch. 322 § 1, eff from and after passage (approved April 20, 1992

If the youth court finds at the disposition hearing that a delinquent child, a child in need of supervision, a neglected child, an abused child or a dependent child is also a child in need of special care, the youth court may, in its discretion, make any appropriate additional disposition designed for the treatment of the disability or infirmity, which may include civil commitment to a state institution providing care for that disability or infirmity. Any commitment, including one to a Department of Mental Health facility, ordered pursuant to this section shall be in compliance with the requirements for civil commitment as set forth in Section 41-21-61 et seq. Discharge from a Department of Mental Health facility shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Section 41-21-87. Nothing contained in this section shall require any state institution, department or agency to provide any service, treatment or facility if said service, treatment or facility is not available, nor shall this section be construed to authorize the youth court to overrule an expulsion or suspension decision of appropriate school authorities.

Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.